Uh, subbmitard, sometimes parents do something to foster a kids interest, people with more money can do it on a grander scale./had a small temp as a kid//this is nothing compared to Tony Hawk's back yard

If I had the money I'd build one for myself, who cares about the kids. I did have a kick ass ramp in backyard growing up. 6 feet high, 16 feet wide, 20 feet of flat, 50 feet from edge of backdrop to backdrop.. Fast as hell and it had lights. Also owned a part of a vert ramp on the edge of town that had another mini ramp with a hip.

If I had that kind of money, I'd build a cool place with caves, waterfalls, pools, waterslides, gardens, ponds, artificial rain and thunder, indoor-boat rides and the entire thing would be tiki themed. Then I'd find some cute girls that wanted to be sister-wives and we'd spend the rest of my days having tickle fights, getting back-rubs, rewriting the Kama Sutra, watching movies, eating fine food and drinking fat wines. And I would give less than two farks what anyone thought... My main concern would be maintaining the place and trying to make extra sure my sister wives and our animal menagerie were as happy as we could all possibly be. Imagine 'Witches of Eastwick' meets Playboy Mansion.

Ya, usually I'm the first one to say that celebrities have over inflated egos and are pompous jackasses but I really have no problem with this. Hardly any different then say building a pool in your yard.

So if you're rich, it's OK to build a tennis court, basketball court, swimming pool, putting green, etc. so you "don't have to mingle with the common folk." But if you build a skate park, suddenly you're elitist? Some other headlines you could have gone with, subby:

If you're an A-list celebrity couple and YOU'RE FARKING AWESOME you could build a skate park in your backyard for your kids and their friends.

If you're an A-list celebrity couple dealing with stalkers, death threats, and paparazzi every single day of your life, you could build a skate park at your house where your kids are safer.

Oh the bourgeoisie and their backyard pools. Why don't you swim in the municipal pools with the rest of the proletariat? What? You're too good to swim in gallons of chlorinated urine like the rest of us?

shower_in_my_socks:So if you're rich, it's OK to build a tennis court, basketball court, swimming pool, putting green, etc. so you "don't have to mingle with the common folk." But if you build a skate park, suddenly you're elitist? Some other headlines you could have gone with, subby:

If you're an A-list celebrity couple and YOU'RE FARKING AWESOME you could build a skate park in your backyard for your kids and their friends.

If you're an A-list celebrity couple dealing with stalkers, death threats, and paparazzi every single day of your life, you could build a skate park at your house where your kids are safer.

She basically stole that movie from that other actress who's name we have all forgotten. I saw that movie in the theater (date movie). She blew me away. She was like a female Randall Patrick McMurphey.

Dr.Zom:Hell, my dad built a regulation pitching mound in our backyard so my brother could work on his pitching. All the common folk came over to see it.

/subby sounds butthurt

My cousin did the same thing in his basement, because he wanted his son to have year round practice. He did set up a soft backstop to protect the rest of the house.

I recall many kids I grew up with building half-pipes in their yards, so this is far from new. Although, Dale Jr's personal dirt track is the first thing to come to mind when I read this story, and I know a few folks who've done their own bike dirt tracks on their property.

/subby forgot Americans like doing this sort of thing.//he must be butt hurt from the videos of dads setting up ice rinks as well.

Warlordtrooper:Ya, usually I'm the first one to say that celebrities have over inflated egos and are pompous jackasses but I really have no problem with this. Hardly any different then say building a pool in your yard.

A pool with a kick-ass, loop-the-loop waterslide would be my preference over a skatepark, though.